Bed-lounge



(No Model.)

H. EHM.

BED LOUNGE.

No. 319,210. Patented June 2, 1885.

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Uniirnn Sra'rns Parana @rrrcw HENRY EHM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPEC CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 819,210, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed December 20, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ 2072 0122, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Error, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented and produced a new and original Improvement in Bed Lounges, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the lounge when closed. Fig. 2 is a crosssection when open.

As shown in Fig. 1, the lounge consists of the upper section, A B J J, having an ornamental top, R B, and of the lower section, T T P P, which are fastened together by the hinges J J. (Shown in Fig. 2.) The ornamental top It B, is fastened along the plane a by hinges '2 0- on the back. hen the lounge is closed, as in Fig. 1, the ornamental top stands upright. The hinges 0'7 allow it to fall backward,and not forward,and to lie close against the back of A B, top downward, when the lounge is closed,(head upward when lounge is open, as in Fig. 2.)

D is the upper head-piece or pillow fastened to the lower headpiece or pillow, E, or to the head of the lounge, by a dovetail or wedge, G, or any other appropriate means, and can be removed at pleasure, so that when the headpiece is removed the dovetail G or surface B forms an even plane with the plane a of the back A B as a rest for the upper section when open. The lower head-piece, E, can likewise be removed along a similar dovetail or wedge, F, or any other appropriate means.

M is the mattress of the upper section, A B J J, and N the mattress at the lower section, T T I? P.

H and G are rests for pillows, which fold inside when the lounge is closed.

L L is a frame for holding the mattress N. (More particularly described below.)

0 is a box or receptacle for bedclothes below the body of the lower section, I I? T T.

P l? are the legs of the lounge.

In Fig. 2 the lounge is represented as open for a bed. The upper section, composed,as in Fig. 1, of the mattress M, the lower head-piece, E, the back A B, and the ornamental top R B',has been swung on the hinges J J and rests on the floor, supported by the plane a of the and preparing it for use is as follows: Remove the head-piece or pillow D, Fig. 1. Swing the ornamental top R B at the hinges r r till it lies close along the back side of A B, head downward, Fig. 1. Swing the upper section, A B J J, at the hinges J J, Fig. 2, till the plane a of the back A B and the dovetail C or surface of the lower head-piece, E, touch the floor. Open the pillow-rests G and H, Figs. 1 and 2. Access may be had to the receptacle 0, Fig. 2, by raising the frame-work L L bearing the mattress N, and when the framework L L' is dropped back into its place the bed-lounge is ready for use.

I know that bed-lounges are in common use.

My invention refers only to the use of the movable head-piece and the box below the body of the lounge, to which access is had by lifting one side of the mattress, and the use of the ornamental back-top, swinging back ward, as above described.

I am aware that a sofa-bedstead has been composed of a chambered base having a hinged cover to support the mattress and a hinged back to turn to a horizontal position; I am also aware that a bed-lounge has been composed of a base-section having a head-piece and an upper hinged section having a back provided with a horizontal top edge, to which is detachably seeu red an ornamental back-top. Such features, therefore, I do not broadly claim; but

I do claim- 1. A bed-lounge consisting of a lower or base section forming a receptacle for bedclothes, an upper section hinged to the basesection and provided with a horizontal edge at its top, a back pivoted to said edge and adapted to swing against the back of the upper section, a headpiece connected with the upper section, and a pillow-piece detachable fromthe head-piece,substantiallyas described.

2. A bed-lounge consisting of a lower section forming a receptacle for bedclothes, a frame hinged to the top portion of the lower section for supporting the mattress, a hinged upper section having atop longitudinal edge, a hack hinged to such edge, and a head-piece on the upper section provided with a detachable pillow-section, substantially as described.

3. A bed lounge consisting of a lower section, ahinged uppersection havinga back provided with a longitudinal top edge provided with a hinged back, a headpiece on the upper section havingits upper edge on a plane with thesaid horizontal top edge, and apillow-piece sliding on the head-piece and removable along a plane; with the top edge of the back of the upper section, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in abed-lounge, of the HENRY Em YVitnesses:

ANTON Anna, FREDK. GIBLIN. 

